Below The Beltway: A Humor Column by Gene Weingartenhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayThe source for business news and analysis. Covering economic policy, business policy, financial news, economic issues, stock market data, local business, technology and moreenCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanySat, 28 Mar 2015 01:20:47 GMTSat, 28 Mar 2015 01:20:47 GMT5Below The Beltway: A Humor Column by Gene Weingartenhttp://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene Weingarten: Getcher gotcha column here!http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/44db9f31/sc/7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Egetcher0Egotcha0Ecolumn0Ehere0C20A150C0A30C190C0A655db760Ec65f0E11e40Eaa1a0E86135599fb0Af0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmAs you know, political candidates have been complaining lately that we in the media are conducting so-called “gotcha” interviews, where we ask unexpected, beside-the-point, ambush-type questions designed to throw them off balance, or at least off script. They claim these are “dirty tricks.” Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/44db9f31/sc/7/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/224850943805/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/44db9f31/sc/7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-getcher-gotcha-column-here/2015/03/19/0655db76-c65f-11e4-aa1a-86135599fb0f_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: No guts, no gloryhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/445a30e7/sc/8/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Eno0Eguts0Eno0Eglory0C20A150C0A30C0A50Ce8d8e4d80Eb9450E11e40Eaa0A50E1ce812b3fdd20Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmThe Brian Williams and Bill O’Reilly war-story-inflation brouhahas took me by surprise — mostly because, in my experience, journalists seldom discuss their close calls, let alone exaggerate them. There’s a reason, and it is not modesty. Believe me, I know.Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/445a30e7/sc/8/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/223513659778/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/445a30e7/sc/8/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-no-guts-no-glory/2015/03/05/e8d8e4d8-b945-11e4-aa05-1ce812b3fdd2_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: Bad sell receptionhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Ebad0Esell0Ereception0C20A150C0A20C260Cddb4ed5c0Eb3d40E11e40E827f0E93f454140Ae2b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmI recently became a semifinalist for a free $50,000 home makeover from DirectBuy, the discount merchandise chain! I got informed of this by a lady on the phone who I knew could not possibly be a robot, both because cold-call robo-dialing for commercial sales pitches are legally sketchy, and because she specifically told me she wasn’t a robot, when I asked. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/222166875837/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/441c2ba7/sc/36/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-bad-sell-reception/2015/02/26/ddb4ed5c-b3d4-11e4-827f-93f454140e2b_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: Future intensehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/43db9d05/sc/36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cfuture0Eintense0C20A150C0A20C120Cd0A7d9a9e0Eae430E11e40Ead710E7b9eba0Af87d60Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmIn the scientific debateover Nature vs. Nurture, I’m Neither. Or, rather, neither in particular. I’ve always assumed people’s personalities are initially determined by their genes, and then further shaped by their environment, in roughly even proportions. Lately, I’ve been steering more toward the gene theory, though, because of Caitlin Gibson.Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/43db9d05/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/222166619832/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43db9d05/sc/36/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/future-intense/2015/02/12/d07d9a9e-ae43-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: How to build an article acceleratorhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/43988b9e/sc/4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Ehow0Eto0Ebuild0Ean0Earticle0Eaccelerator0C20A150C0A20C120C73ae38520Ea7ca0E11e40Ea0A6b0E9df20A0A2b86a0A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmBecause I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket. The following story is completely true, if deliberately short on specifics. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/43988b9e/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216445543055/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/43988b9e/sc/4/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-how-to-build-an-article-accelerator/2015/02/12/73ae3852-a7ca-11e4-a06b-9df2002b86a0_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: Meet Meatheadhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/435bf563/sc/36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Emeet0Emeathead0C20A150C0A20C0A40C665fe0A70A0Ea56c0E11e40Ea7c20E0A3d37af98440A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmThis is a true conversation that once happened on a car trip through the country: Wife: Look at the lambs! Me: Where? Wife: There. Me: Those aren’t lambs. Those are baby sheep. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/435bf563/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216445268362/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/435bf563/sc/36/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-meet-meathead/2015/02/04/665fe070-a56c-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: An old cusshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/431d05ba/sc/36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Ean0Eold0Ecuss0C20A150C0A10C230Ccb3cd7f40E9fe60E11e40E90A3f0E9f2faf7cd9fe0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmThe world of journalism was most recently rocked — it gets rocked more often than an insomniac baby — when the publisher of the York (Pa.) Daily Record issued an edict banning cursing in the newsroom.The use of foul language has been a treasured newsroom custom since the days of hot lead, rewrite men and sob sisters. It’s how you established your toughness. When I was a cub reporter at a newspaper in Albany, N.Y., we made sure to curse a little extra whenever tours of grade-schoolers were trotted through. (We loved those tours. One reporter, Jim Kunstler, used to stop whatever he was doing — including, say, talking to the mayor on the phone — to balance a yardstick on his nose for the duration.)Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/431d05ba/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216444978288/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/431d05ba/sc/36/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-an-old-cuss/2015/01/23/cb3cd7f4-9fe6-11e4-903f-9f2faf7cd9fe_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: The Opie-Changey thinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Ethe0Eopie0Echangey0Ething0C20A150C0A10C160C7f754a320E98380E11e40E80A0A50E1924ede3e54a0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmAs I write this, a mini foofaraw is unfoofing over whether “Selma,” the new movie about Martin Luther King Jr., misrepresents Lyndon Johnson’s role in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. To add tension and conflict, the filmmakers have allegedly minimized Johnson’s contribution, inaccurately suggesting he was an antagonist. The filmmakers deny this. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216444687082/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42dde7c4/sc/38/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-the-opie-changey-thing/2015/01/16/7f754a32-9838-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenA crime of Frankensteinian proportionshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/42a084d5/sc/3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Ca0Ecrime0Eof0Efrankensteinian0Eproportions0C20A150C0A10C0A90Ceed2214e0E94ef0E11e40E80A0A50E1924ede3e54a0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmSeveral well-known journalists have been accused in recent weeks of the cheesiest sort of plagiarism: stealing phrases from humble sources like Wikipedia. Because of the casual nature of these offenses — the sin sometimes seems closer to laziness than theft — some writers are looking over their shoulders, concerned about what might be lurking in their oeuvre. Not me. I have no worry that I have done that sort of thing. My worry is that I have done something way worse.Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/42a084d5/sc/3/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216444410320/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/42a084d5/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/a-crime-of-frankensteinian-proportions/2015/01/09/eed2214e-94ef-11e4-8005-1924ede3e54a_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenHappy Bamaka!http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4263d65f/sc/36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Chappy0Ebamaka0C20A150C0A10C0A20C10A29b4fa0E8f6f0E11e40Ea4120E4b735edc71750Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmWhen I got invited to the White House to help the first family celebrate Hanukkah, I was a little nervous, as you can imagine. For one thing, I knew I’d have to write about it, and I can never remember how to spell Chanukah. Fortunately, research confirmed this would not be a problem: Because the word is a transliteration from a different alphabet, there are countless different spellings and they’re all technically correct! (Even the Maoist-sounding “Xanuka.” Seriously. You can look it up.) It’s like back in the 1960s when no one really knew how to spell Khrushchev, but it didn’t matter. You did the best you could, and if you threw an extra K or H in there, nobody was the wiser. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4263d65f/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216444135819/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4263d65f/sc/36/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/happy-bamaka/2015/01/02/1029b4fa-8f6f-11e4-a412-4b735edc7175_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenLight-fingered versehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/41e9d591/sc/36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Clight0Efingered0Everse0C20A140C120C190Cbcf0A1d9c0E80Ab90E11e40E9f380E95a187e4c1f70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmAs you know, I like to write doggerel and put it in my column. For one thing, it’s easy for me. But I recently discovered there is something even easier for me! I discovered this when I participated in a poetry reading along with some other practitioners of light verse, and realized that they had all this excellent material I could rip off.Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/41e9d591/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216443589892/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41e9d591/sc/36/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/light-fingered-verse/2014/12/19/bcf01d9c-80b9-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenA wonton abuse of powerhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/41becacd/sc/7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Ca0Ewonton0Eabuse0Eof0Epower0C20A140C120C230C56c9859c0E7ca10E11e40Eb8210E50A3cc7efed9e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmQ:How are the mirthless leaders of China’s repressive, totalitarian Communist regime exactly like readers of American newspapers? A:Both have an unhinged hatred of puns. You’ve probably seen the recent stories about how the Chinese government is banning wordplay in headlines. American newspapers duly reported this, often making fun of these humorless despots, without mentioning an awkward truth: We’ve been hearing the identical rant from our own readers since essentially forever. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/41becacd/sc/7/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216443395382/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/41becacd/sc/7/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/a-wonton-abuse-of-power/2014/12/23/56c9859c-7ca1-11e4-b821-503cc7efed9e_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenHeel, boy!http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/419bdf78/sc/14/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Eheel0Eboy0C20A140C120C0A40C655fe2de0E74dd0E11e40Ebd1b0E0A30A0A9bd3e9840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmBehavioral scientists in France recently sent women out in the streets to ask passersby to take brief surveys. Sometimes the women were wearing flats, sometimes medium-size heels and sometimes high heels. It turned out men were equally likely to cooperate with the women, regardless of their choice of footwear.Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/419bdf78/sc/14/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/216443239289/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/419bdf78/sc/14/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-heel-boy/2014/12/04/655fe2de-74dd-11e4-bd1b-03009bd3e984_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenPublish and perishhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4160e32e/sc/4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Epublish0Eand0Eperish0C20A140C110C250C1a439c520E71930E11e40Ead120E3734c461eab60Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmI have a new book out, which means I’m giving a lot of interviews, which means I keep getting asked the question authors most often get asked, which is “Why did you write this book?” This question keeps getting asked because it’s one you can ask even if you haven’t read the book, which many interviewers have not; plus, there’s a chance the answer will provide a clue as to what the book is about, thereby suggesting another question. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4160e32e/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/215951314723/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4160e32e/sc/4/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-publish-and-perish/2014/11/25/1a439c52-7193-11e4-ad12-3734c461eab6_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: You news, you losehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4126b907/sc/10/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Eyou0Enews0Eyou0Elose0C20A140C110C190C1aadba140E6c490E11e40Ea31c0E77759fc1eacc0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmCurrent events have been so crummy of late that even good news seems to arrive with a bad-news rider attached. About four hours after news broke about a breakthrough with China on global warming, a turning point in the desperate race to save our planet from annihilation through carbon poisoning, the new Republican congressional majority announced that it would stomp the plan to smithereens because it is poisonous to the American economy and a sniveling cave-in to the Godless commies. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4126b907/sc/10/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/214612491734/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4126b907/sc/10/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-you-news-you-lose/2014/11/19/1aadba14-6c49-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: Mythunderstoodhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Emythunderstood0C20A140C110C190Cdffbab960E66bd0E11e40Ebb140E4cfea1e742d50Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmYou know those “Five Myths About …” feature stories that have been proliferating in the media for years? My newspaper was among the pioneers of the genre, and remains one of its most illustrious practitioners. Are you sick of them yet? No? Good! Here’s one more.Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/214612130567/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40db4d5b/sc/38/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-mythunderstood/2014/11/19/dffbab96-66bd-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenWeingarten: Good grief. Gene goes to Ben Bradlee’s funeralhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cweingarten0Egood0Egrief0Egene0C20A140C110C20A0Cfeab85b80E612f0E11e40E8b9e0E2ccdac31a0A310Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmI went to Ben Bradlee’s funeral last month, determined not to do anything rude and stupid just to call attention to myself. You’d think this would be an easy job — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for example, is very good at it — but it has proved difficult for me in the past. Because of their solemnity, funerals are almost unbearable temptations for the practicing smart aleck. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/211510259508/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40b4b3f2/sc/36/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/weingarten-good-grief-gene/2014/11/20/feab85b8-612f-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenWeingarten: It was a barely heated basement near ‘Murder Avenue’ ...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/407a5880/sc/10/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cweingarten0Eit0Ewas0Ea0Ebarely0Eheated0Ebasement0Enear0Emurder0Eavenue0E0C20A140C110C130C8e22534e0E5de20E11e40E91f70E5d89b5e8c2510Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmIn 1979, I changed careers. I had been a writer, but I decided to become an editor. The reason was that there was a woman with whom I wanted to have frequent sexual congress, but she lived in New York and I lived in Michigan. The only good job I could get in New York was as an editor, so … BAM! (If this decision seems frivolous to you, even tawdry, you know nothing of Darwinian science. That woman is currently my wife. We have two excellent children.) Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/407a5880/sc/10/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/211509971573/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/407a5880/sc/10/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/weingarten-it-was-a-barely-heated-basement-near-murder-avenue-/2014/11/13/8e22534e-5de2-11e4-91f7-5d89b5e8c251_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: Unbalanced behavior at Citibank ATMshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4040ce01/sc/28/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Eunbalanced0Ebehavior0Eat0Ecitibank0Eatms0C20A140C110C0A40Cfb30A50Ad20E58630E11e40Ebd610E346aee66ba290Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmDear Citibank:If you watched my behavior at one of your ATMs, you’d think you were looking at a crazy man, which, in a sense, you are. I dip my card, enter my password, and then turn my head away from the screen, squinting at it out of the corner of one eye, at full arm’s length, using my palm on the screen as a shield, peeking through my fingers like a kid at a horror movie. This is all to block from view my account balance, which I never ask for but which you always show me anyway, in a large display right near the top of the screen. Most other banks don’t do this, at least not without permission. Citibank does. When I once complained about this to the branch manager, I was treated like a dotty old man in a shopping mall who’s ranting about how the escalators go too durned fast. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/4040ce01/sc/28/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/211509599688/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/4040ce01/sc/28/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-unbalanced-behavior-at-citibank-atms/2014/11/04/fb3050d2-5863-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene WeingartenGene Weingarten: A waist is a terrible thing to mindhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/40056396/sc/14/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Cmagazine0Cgene0Eweingarten0Ea0Ewaist0Eis0Ea0Eterrible0Ething0Eto0Emind0C20A140C10A0C220Cd6247b70A0E53260E11e40E892e0E60A2188e70Ae9c0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ibelow0Ethe0Ebeltway/story01.htmMy funny feminist friend Gina Barreca just alerted me to a new study in the prestigious British Medical Journal concluding that postmenopausal women whose skirt sizes have increased by just a single size every 10 years have a substantially higher risk of developing breast cancer. Gina wanted to talk with me about it here. Read full article &#62;&#62;<img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636522/s/40056396/sc/14/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/211509325139/u/0/f/636522/c/34656/s/40056396/sc/14/a2t.img" border="0"/>public healthFri, 31 Oct 2014 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/gene-weingarten-a-waist-is-a-terrible-thing-to-mind/2014/10/22/d6247b70-5326-11e4-892e-602188e70e9c_story.html?wprss=rss_below-the-beltwayGene Weingarten